and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.
But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,